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oEAC) TABLED IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY HONOURABLE KATRINA HANSE-HIMARWA, MP Minister of Education, Arts and Culture REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE (MoEAC) Page 2 of 24 Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members 1.

I rise with a deep sense of humility to introduce the budget allocation for Vote 10 of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture for the financial year 2016/17 to this August House for support and approval.

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Allow me to extend my appreciation and gratitude to the Honourable Minister of Finance, the Honourable Deputy Minister of Finance, the Permanent Secretary and the entire team of the Ministry of Finance for a task well executed under very vexing circumstances given the current global economic environment.

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The efforts of your Ministry, Honourable Minister of Finance, is the reason why I am able to rise in this August without doubt House today to motivate the budgetary allocation of vote 10, of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC) for the said financial year as outlined in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (2016/17 to 2018/19) as well as giving an account of the previous financial year's (2015/16) allocation.

Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, 4.
I must mention from the onset that the Ministryof Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC) was established with the key objective of providing quality and inclusive education purposefully aimed at advancing the development of our citizens in all aspects relevant to National development.

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Therefore, pursuant to the National Objectives as highlighted in our national vision (Vision 2030) and National Development Vote 10 March 2016 Page 3 of 24 Plan Four (NDP4), it is our mandate to educate and train for sustainable national development and to promote arts and culture.

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It isour resolve as a ministryto provide accessible, equitable and inclusive quality education for a tolerant skilled, productive and competitive nation, to promote and preserve arts and culture for nationhood and unity in diversity.

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Honourable Members, I must further state that, as a Ministry, that we have a full understanding and awareness of the fact education is not an event but rather, an evolving process that requires continuous innovation in order to ensure that we build a strong foundation that would substantially contribute towards redressing Namibia's developmental challenges and prepare our citizens towards the challenges of the future and to meet the overall developmental goals as set out in our National Vision.

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At thisjuncture Honourable Chairperson, it isimperative to give a brief outline on some facts about the Ministryas it iscontained Information System (EMIS)Report of in Education Management 2015which we shall share with the nation in due course once its officially published.
Thisreport captures the fact that the budget that I am about to motivate will affect the present and future of more than 690,618 learners (Six hundred and Ninety thousand, six hundred and eighteen) of whom, 32,793 are in Pre-Primary; 454,027 are in Primary; 203,798 are in Secondary.

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We feel obliged to reveal and share with this August House through this Ministry employs more than that, Government 27,000 teachers who are teaching at 1,779 Government and government aided Schools.
Overall, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture currently employs 37,627 teaching and non- teaching staff out of the staff establishment of 39,000 thus, making it one of the biggest if not thebiqqest employer ministriesof our Government.

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The above facts is the reason why the Ministry has over the past years battled with insufficient funds to meet particularly the implementation of its capital projects in terms of physical facilities for education.
While 2015/16 financial year indicates an appropriation of 11.4 billion to the education Ministry, only 5% of this budget was apportioned to capital projects, while the bulk thereof (95%) was allocated to operational activities, with staff remuneration and benefits taking about 72% of the budget.

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Members, means that the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture remains one of the least funded Ministrieswhen it comes to funds availed for implementation of its capital projects.
Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, 11.

Having stated the above, I now have the pleasure to present the 2016/2017 budget for the Ministryof Education, Arts and Culture, together with some brief highlights of our performance in 2015/2016 and the Ministry's priorities for the financial year 2016/2017.

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The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture has been allocated a total of Twelve Comma Eight billion Namibia Dollars (N$12,794,882,000) for the 2016/2017 Financial Year.

This amount represents Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight million, six hundred and thirty four thousand Namibian Dollars (N$838, 634, 000) for development budget, and Eleven billion, nine hundred and fifty six million, two hundred and forty eight thousand Namibia dollars (N$11,956,248,000) for the operational budget.

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In summary, 6.6% of the total budget is for capital expenditure, while the bulk, 93.4% is for oper,~tional activities.

I must indicated here that from the total allocation of 12.8billion, an amount of Nine Comma One Billion (N$9,100,S28,000) or 71% of the Ministry's total Vntp 10 March 2016 Page 5 of 24 budget my earlier statement is for personnel expenditure.
Thistherefore, only confirms that the Education, Arts and Culture Ministry remain one of the under-funded Ministrieswhen it comes to capital projects funding.

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The overall budget allocation estimate for Education, Arts and Culture for the MTEFperiod, 2016/17 to 2018/19 isforty comma eight billion Namibian Dollars (N$40,789,112,000) reflected in tabular form as follows: Table 1: Estimated Budget Allocation, 2016/17 - 2018/19 MTEF ALLOCATION OPERA TlONAL BUDGET (N$) DEVELOPMENT BUDGET (N$) TOTAL (NS) BUDGET YEAR 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 MTEF TOTAL 11,956,248,000 12,298,040,000 13,429,624,000 37,683,912,000 838,634,000 1,062]86,000 1,203]80,000 3,105,200,000 12, 794, 882, 000 13, 360, 826, 000 14, 633, 404, 000 40,789, 112,000 Table 2: Percentage Allocation, Operation Vs Development ALLOCATION % Operational Budget % Development Budget BUDGET YEAR 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 MTEF TOTAL 93.4 6.6 92 8 91.8 8.2 92.4 7.6 15.
It isclear from tables 1 and 2 above that, throughout the MTEF period, the development budget allocation remains a fraction of the total budget allocation whereas, the operational budget allocation will continue to receive the lion's share of the budget.

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Honourable members, this trend is extremely worrying to the Ministry,considering the escalating need for physical education facilities due to the growing annual demand for such facilities in terms of increasing leorners' enrollment rate, coupled with Vote 10 March 2016 Page 6 of 24 the existing backlog on physical education infrastructure that continues to increase annually.

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I must point out however that, despite the insignificant amount the Ministry has been being allocated for our capital project, faced with numerous challenges when it comes to the execution of its capital budget namely; the budget cycle, issueswith project management, reliance on third parties for execution of its tenders, absence of an education facilities master plan etc .. 18.
As an intervention to the above, the Ministryof Education, Arts and Culture therefore, intends to develop a comprehensive master plan for the rehabilitation of old and development of new physical education facilities for the next five years.

Such a plan would help the Ministryto know the exact extent (quantity and quality wise) of infrastructure requiring rehabilitation and new infrastructure required across the fourteen regions of our Country.
We believe that doing so should place us in a better bargaining position with the Ministryof Finance whom we intend to approach to lobby for increased allocations particularly to our development budgets for the following financial years.

Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, 19.
The 2016/2017 Budget of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture as expressed in its Medium TermPlanwill focus on sixkey programmes namely:- aj bj Policy Coordination ahd Support Services Pre-primary Education, Vote 10 March 2016 Page 7 of 24 c) Primary Education, d) Secondary Education, e) Information, Adult and Life Long Learning, Arts and Culture f) HIV/AIDS Management Unit(HAMU) Table 3: 2016/17 Budget Allocations per Programme PROGRAMME NAME 1.

Policy Coordination and Support Services 2.


Pre Primary Education 3.

Primary Education 4.

Secondary Education 5.

Information, Adult and Life Long Learning 6.

HAMU Total FINANCIAL YEAR (NS'OOO) 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 857612 188077 7358502 3749926 632547 8218 832232 1 032545 195271 200722 7637756 8 141 760 4058 163 4570064 628941 679598 8463 8715 12794882 13360826 14633404 Table 4: 2016/17 % Budget allocations per Programme PROGRAMME NAME 1.

Policy Coordination and Support Services 2.


Pre Primary Education 3.

Primary Education 4.

Secondary Education 5.

Information, Adult and Life Long Learning 6.

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:iiQ9 Page 8of24 19.1 Policy Coordination and Support Services The programme Policy Coordination and Support Services comprises of policy coordination, planning and support services, Quality Control and Management and Infrastructure Development and Maintenance Communication Technology.
as well as Information Thisprogramme policy coordination includes the office of the Minister as the political head of the Ministry and the budget allocation to this function is Five million, five hundred and ninety three thousand Namibia Dollars (NS5 593000) 2016/17 financial year.
Planning and Support Servicescomprise for the financial year of the overall education planning and coordination functions, systematic collection, analysisand use of education data from all programmes for accounting internally and externally for the resources used and the resultsobtained.

Thisprogramme has various interventions which promote evidence based planning, capacity building, coordination of decentralization process and monitoring and evaluation of education programmes.
In this regard, technical and financial assistancewas obtained from development partners for research purposes which contributed to different phases of the education system and to the planning function.

The European Union has allocated an additional amount of One hundred and Nineteen million, thirty eight thousand (NS 119 038 000) for each of the financial years of 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 respectively to support the foundational levelsof the education system.
Financial and Human Resource Management of the Ministry, including the functions delegated to Regional Councils, fleet management, provision of security services as well as general maintenance resortunder thisprogramme, the two functions are March 20lE Page 9 of 24 allocated a combined total of N$32 938 000 (thirty two million nine hundred and thirty eighty thousand).
Theprogramme further comprisesof quality control, management training, monitoring and auditing of of education service, functions in relation to the delegated functions at regionalleve/.

Theallocation to these activities amounts to N$611 710000.00 (six hundred and eleven million seven hundred and ten thousand).
Infrastructure development and maintenance is charged with the overall responsibility of ensuring the implementation of the development capital budget and maintenance of the existing infrastructure, the total allocation to this function is N$838 634 000 (eight hundred and thirty eight million, six hundred and thirty four thousand).

I shall dwell more on this point towards the end of my Statement.
Information Communication Technology's main purpose is to the ICT in Education Policy and the integration of implement ICT'sacross the education system, ensuring that all schools and institutions are able to efficiently utilize all other educational Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)to meet their overall educational objectives by: Equipping educational institutions with hardware, software, connectivity, curriculum, content and technical support; Educating administrators, staff, teachers and learners in ICTliteracy and ICTintegration across the entire curriculum.
An amount of fifty six million, two hundred sixteen thousand (N$56 216 000) is allocated for this purpose.

Vote 10 March 2016 Page 10 of 24 19.2 Pre-Primary Education Pre-primary Education provides learning and educational activities with a holistic approach to support children's early cognitive, physical, social and emotional development and introduces young children to organized instruction outside of the family context.
The educational properties of pre-pnmary education are characterized by stimulation and interaction with peers and educators, through which children improve their useof language and social skillsand to develop logical and reasoning skills.

Pre-primary Education remains the foundation of all education success, and to invest in education we need to start with pre- primary education.
Therefore, with the introduction of fee free pre-primary and primary education our Ministry continues to make good progress in the provision of pre-primary education through increased enrolment of 28 659 and 32 793 learners in 2014/15 and 2015/16 respectively, representing a 14%increase.

Vote 10 March 2016 Page 11 of 24 A Masterplan for pre-primary education is being developed to accelerate the increase of learner enrolment and enrich the programs at pre-primary education levels.
An amount of Hundred and Eighty, Eight Million, Seventy Seven Thousand Namibian Dollars (NS 188 077 000) is allocated to pre- primary education programmes.
The allocated budget will be utilized for the salariesof pre-primary teachers; in-service training of teachers, the construction of pre-primary classes;and provision of teaching and learning materials, provision of playground facilities and other services that relate to mitigating the transition of the integration of EarlyChildhood Development (ECD)into the formal schooling system.
I must point our here that an ECD transitional plan isin place and budgetary implication for its implementation one its transferred from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare will be concluded by the end of 2016/17 financial year to enable operationalization in 2017/18.
Vote 10 March 2016 Page 12 of 24 79.3 Primary Education Primary Education programme focuses on the learners of the age groups of 7 to 14 with emphasis on acquiring basic literacy and numeracy as well as acquiring skillsthat will assistthem to understand themselves better as well as the world around them thus the basic formal foundation phase of education.

During this financial year (2015/16), a total number of 454, 027 learners in grade 1 to 7 were enrolled in the Primary Education Phase.
The implementation of the Universal Primary Education grant removed the financial barrier of access to education.

Thisbrought about an average annual increase of learner enrollment up to 3% in most regions.

Additionally to this, access to education is ensured through the provision of a mid-morning meal to more than 310 000 beneficiaries through the Namibia School Feeding Programme that amounts to more than N$90 000 000 annually for both our school (ninety million).
I should state further that feeding and hostel catering needs, amounts of N$495million and N$87million for 2015/16was.provided for,while amounts of N$51a Vote 10 March 2016 Page 13 of 24 million and N$l 04 million for 2016/17 financial year isprovided for, respectively.

Efforts to improve quality of education included the provision of teaching and learning materials.
However, performance in Mathematics and Englishas per Standardized Achievement Test resultsis still below 50%whereas for Natural Science and Health Education it is close to 60% in grade 7.

The latest resultsshow a noticeable improvement.

Poor performance of learners in the Standardized Achievement Tests is a reflection of competencies by the teachers themselves, poor inadequate mastery of the assessed teaching methods or failure by the teachers to cover the assessed competencies in the syllabi.
These shortcomings are addressed as part of the Continuous Professional Development Initiatives which are geared towards the improvement of teaching and learning outcomes and it is an ongoing process.

Infrastructure provision continue to take a worrisome trend with close to 87% of infrastructure in very bad state of repair, this is coupled with the prevailing shortage of classrooms across the regions.

Close to 3,000 classrooms are needed in the 2016/17 financial year.
The reality on the ground isthat more than 18,000 classrooms are made from temporary or traditional materials.

Currently, the Ministryof Education, Arts and Culture isexecuting itsmandate of educating the nation, especially the young ones in non-conventional classroomsthat amounts to 13%.Thisadversely affects the quality of teaching and learning of close to 50,000 learners.

In addition to this, close to 30%of these primary schools have inadequate access to fresh water and sanitation facilities.
In order to address this challenge, the ministry have taken it upon itself to ensure that all new school constructions are equipped with sanitation infrastructure.

Vote 10 March 2016 Page 14 of 24 The curriculum for primary phase was revised and are being learning support materials having been implemented with all procured.

Mother tongue instruction materials for Junior Primary have been developed and purchased as well.
However, the successfulimplementation of revised curriculum requiresintensive training of teachers thus putting a strain on financial resources due to the need for continuous professional development.

Notwithstanding the already existing challenge for the provision of qualified teachers to satisfy the demand for competent qualified teaching force in mother tongue language teaching.

Thedemand for qualified teachers isstillnot met.


Thevastnessof the country often calls for multi-grade teaching and this lowers the teacher learner ratio which isinterpreted at national level as if the staffing norm is lower than the approved norm.
Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, In order to alleviate the situation of close to 4000 under and the Ministry has collaborated with the unqualified teachers, Ministryof Higher Education, Trainingand Innovation to introduce an INSETDiploma programme for distance learning for these the serving teachers and teachers.

Thisinitiative will empower provide them with relevant skills to teach at pre-primary to Grade 3.
Thisisa deliberate and purposeful effort to provide an opportunity to enable the targeted teachers to upgrade their qualifications at lower primary levels as this is the area in which stronger foundation based on quality teaching needs to be built.

The programme will start off in 2016with an annual quota of 1000 teachers enrolled with the Universityof Namibia and will run over a period of four years.
In the same vain, the Ministrywill collaborate with other teacher training providers to ensure that their intake Vote 10 March 2016 Page 15 of 24 base is broadened to increase the opportunities for teachers to obtain or upgrade their qualifications.

Thiswill contribute greatly to quality teaching and learning outcomes in the future.
During the financial year 2015/16, we disbursed N$135 million to schools for the implementation of free primary education and the same amount is allocated for the financial year 2016/17.

The funds provided at school level are utilized for minor maintenance of school buildings, school excursions, photocopying of learning materials and other day-to-day school necessities.
At least 50% of these funds are to be used for teaching and learning materials therefore, it replaces the School Development Fund as the portion that was formerly contributed by the parents.

A total number of One comma One Million (1,128,558) textbooks to the value of Eighty Two comma three Million (N$82,266,853) for both primary and secondary levelswere procured.
Thedelivery of textbooks the 11regions indicate close to a 100%school coverage while some challenges are being experienced in the regions of Kavango West (40%delivery), Kavango East (30%delivery) and Omusati (70%delivery).

The Ministryishowever working to address the situation in this region.

Implementation of revised curriculum will be the major development initiative during the 2016/17 financial year.

The Ministry has implemented primary phase during 2015/16 financial year.
The implementation the revised curriculum for senior included the training of teachers, printing and distribution of support teaching and learning materials to the value of N$ 154, 5 million.

initiatives that were implemented during the 2015/16 Other financial year included in-service, training for teachers by the Continuous Professional Unit.
Training primarily focused on the weaknesses in learner achievement as identified through the Vote 10 March 2016 Page 16 of 24 diagnostic tests and these training initiatives will continue durin~ the 2016/17 financial year as well.
Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, the teaching The Ministry also came to the realization that of reading in mother tongue poses a challenge to teachers; therefore, a decision was taken for subject teachers on strategies and methodology to teach reading skillsin mother tongue through the implementation of Early Grade Reading Assessment(EGRA) techniques.

Thisisand will be a continuous process to enable our teachers to achieve the desired competencies.
The English Language Proficiency Programme (ELPP) was completed in 2015/16 and it is being evaluated to get the facts on lessonslearnt and the way forward.

An amount of Seven Billion, Three Hundred and Fifty Eight Million, Five Hundred and Two Thousand Namibian Dollars (NS7 358 502 000) has been allocated to manage and bring improvements to the provision of education to 454,027learners at primary level.
Vote 10 March 2016 J 9.4 Secondary Education Page 17 of 24 Secondary education extends the learners' knowledge and skillsand strengthens their values and attitudes and prepares learners for further education and training and young adult life.

It provides learning opportunities for learners to: acquire necessary knowledge, skillsand attitudes for the development of the self and the nation; and build a foundation for technological and industrial development.
The number of learners enrolled at the secondary phase country wide are 203 798 learners from grade 8 to J 2 in a total of 694 schools, of which 8.2% of these schools are private and provide education for 5.2% of the learners.

The through-put of learners to secondary is 60% and overall access at secondary level is 58%.

Year after year the demand for spaces on Grade 8 increases, causing the Ministryto find fast alternative solutionsto avail classroom spaces.
More demand for placement in secondary grades has been experienced with the implemen tation of free secondary ed ucation year.

which was implemented during the start of 2016academic Vote 10 March 2016 To affect this promise an amount of Sixty Million Namibian Dollars (NS60,OOO,OOO) has been disbursed to the schools through their respective regional councils and directorates.
An additional amount of Forty Five Million, One Hundred Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Eight Namibian Dollars (NS45 100 628) will still be availed for this purpose.

Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, On the national examination front, the quality output of secondary education shows that leavers who qualify for entry into University remains low and stood at 29.8% in the total number of school 2015.
The national JSC examination only showed slight improved from 54.2% in 2014 to 54.4% in 2015.

Regional Offices have been tasked in 2016 to devise strategies to improve learner performance by 2016 through regional stakeholders meetings; upgrading and improvement plans and monitoring implementing their regional the implementation of their annual work plans.
I am happy to report secondary curriculum iswell on track, to this August House that the review of the the shortcoming of quality learning outcomes need focused interventions to drastically improve academic performance.

Thiscalls for targeted trainings and capacity development of teachers as well as the provision of resources for the pre-vocational oriented subjects amounting to a total of NS 155 million which is needed for the full implementation of pre-vocational education.
In addition, the demand for expansion of infrastructure remains a challenge at Grade 8 and 11 levels.

The revision of the curriculum of basic education is a continuous major initiative during 2016/17 financial year.

Panels of experts in various subjects have accelerated the pace of the process Vote 10 March 2016 Page 19 of 24 of preparing content and teaching and learning materials.
As I indicated earlier, the revised curriculum will be implemented through a phased-in process starting with grade 8 in 2017. education The amount programme will be utilized for salaries, in-service training of the secondary allocated under teachers, provision of learning support materials, textbooks and other teaching materials as well as additions or improvement of teaching infrastructure I am pleased to mention that an amount of Three Billion, Seven Hundred and Forty Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand Namibian Dollars (N$3 749 926 000) is allocated for secondary education during the financial year 2016/17.
19.5 Information, Adult and Life-Long Learning, Arts and Culture Hon.

Chairperson, Honourable Members Allow me now to focus on the Information, Adult, Lifelong Learning, Arts and Culture programme, which houses the Directorates of Library & Archive Services; Adult Educations; Arts; Culture and Heritage.
Vote 10 Page 20 of 24 Apart from ensuring that access to quality education is availed to all children, the mandate of the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture spans further in ensuring that all Namibians of different backgrounds are given education opportunities and are exposed to information and programmes that will enhance their potential and abilities in various areas.
To ensure access, opportunities are availed to the adult population through various adult literacy programmes, training in basic businessskillsand child care especially on the kind of assistance learners need the day they enter the school premises.

The mandate of education has further expanded to ensuring that natural talents and skillsare developed, promoted, exposed and marketed.
We also have the responsibility of ensuring that our cultural heritage is preserved, safeguarded and promoted to foster strong co-existence bonds in our diversified colourful nation.
\1 + •...•1(1 March 2016 Page 21 of 24 Let us also take note that as "information ispower" and a paved way to knowledgeable society that we are aspiring to, in Vision 2030, through the library and archives serviceswe are promoting and facilitating access to information both in print and electronic formats to our citizens both young and old,.

Thisis done through our educational and the communities libraries.
The Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture through this programme isentrusted to ensure that our historical and current national records and all information documents are preserved for future use by generations to come.
Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House CommiHee, Honourable Members All these are carried out through this programme which involves information, lifelong learning, arts and cultural heritage with an annual budget of N$632 547 000 (six hundred and thirty two million, five hundred and forty seven thousand).
The impact on the Namibian citizens and its contribution towards the Harambee ProsperityPlancannot be underestimated as most of the activities are close at the grassroots levels reaching a total of 1 274 092 people annually.

Thisprogramme is a good vehicle for reaching our goals in our development plans aswell ascontributing towards the attainment of AU agenda 2060 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that we have started implementing in 2016.
Vote 10 March 2016 19.6 HIV / AIDS Management Unit(HAMU) this program is to reduce the incidences of The objective of HIV transmission, mitigating its social and economic impact on the Namibian Education system at all levels through life skillsfor learners and wellness programme for teachers.

Of critical importance in 2016/17 is refocusing the mandate of HAMUfrom school health to comprehensive sexuality education and workplace wellness programmes.
Therefore a motivation for Eight Million# Two Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Namibian Dollars (N$8 218 000) is being made.

Comrade Chairperson# Honorable members Allow me now to say a few words and focus on the Development Budget funding for the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture.
During the current financial year, (2015/2016), an amount of N$591 #893 million was allocated for the construction of physical facilities of which N$90#896 million was allocated to Basic Education Facilities,(BEF)and N$52#568 million was allocated for Renovations Nationwide.
The two budget lines are decentralized to the Regional Offices under the various Regional Councils and to construct classrooms, administration offices, and are meant Vote 10 March 2016 Page 23 of 24 ablution facilities, libraries and laboratories, and to take care of minor renovations & maintenance at existingschools respectively.

The rest of the budget is aimed at constructing new schools and other educational facilities throughout the country.
During the 2015/2016 financial year, two Secondary Schools (Kuisebmund SSin Erongo and Onawa SSphase II in Omusati Regions) and one primary school (Otjomise PS, Khomas) were completed with a total of 65 new classrooms.

In addition, various school facilities were renovated and 270 additional new classrooms were added to various existing schools across the country.
A total of 10 two- bedrooms teacher houses and 40 teacher bachelor flats were constructed and completed during the current classroomsand facilities during the coming financial year financial year.

We expect to build more of these For the coming financial year, we expect to start with the construction of among others, the following facilities: (a combined school at Omakange in Omusati; Shituwa SSSin Ohangwena; Ndoro Memorial and Schuckmansburg Hostelsin Zambezi Region and Vooruitsig in Hardap).
These are already out on tender and the Ministry of Works and Transport is busy with the evaluation process.

We trust that there will be more to go out on tender in 2016/17 financial year.
In addition to the above, the Ministry also plans to renovate the following schools; Vaalgras PSin / /Kharas Region; TubusesCS in Erongo; Ernst Meyer in Omaheke and Linus Shashipapo SSSin Kavango West;while also continuing with ongoing worksat various other schools.Theseschools were destroyed by strong winds and other natural forces including wear and tear.
The majority of our schools were constructed many years before independence and have not been maintained and as a result, they are utterly depleted and renovation is crucial, , Furthermore, allow me to inform this house that implementation Vote 10 March 2016 Page 24 of 24 of capital projects in the Ministry has been faced with numerous challenges thus, to this end the Ministryisexploring economically viable and sustainable procurement management approaches aim at expediting the implementation of all of its capital projects while ensuring value for money.
Honourable Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members Once again, I am particularly grateful to my colleague, Honourable Calle Schlettwein, for hisunderstanding and support during the preparation of the budget.

We did hint on advises pertaining to the economic downturn, but still managed to gain what will possibly see us through the 2016/17 Financial Year.
Having highlighted the few achievements and challenges, the Ministry is fully aware of the public concerns on the pace in the education and training sector.

I should of development however, assure the House that our Ministry is doing all it can to speedily implement the needed changes as identified to bring about the needed improvement in the sector.
I am particularly aware that my motivation did not detail all activities outlined per programmes, but urges all members of in front of us when the House to refer to the MTEFdocument commenting on details.

We are further looking forward to the continued support and assistancefrom our Development Partners for their generous contribution towards the education sector.
With these motivations Honourable Chairperson and Honourable Members, I, in advance thank alhHonourable Members for your support and approval of Vote 10.

I Thank You Vote 10